For what it is worth..
I just installed my new BenchDog ProMax (cast-iron table) on my RIDGID TS..
Well, I saw it and the money in my bank was yellin’ to get out.. So…. I just HAD to!
Just posted this to say it’s nice and installed/fit well.. No problems installing it.
I had my shop-made router table on my saw and it worked well for me.
Why did I get it then you ask? Looked nicer and I liked the idea of the cast iron table.
The only drilling I had to do was a few holes in the original cast iron table so I could mount it on the right end of my saw.. Hay.. there was that empty space there and I couldn’t’t see that cast iron table sitting in a corner in my little shop..
I just hope the casters on my ridgid hold up now with all the extra weight!
I do not think it would be a problem using a ‘regular’ miter gauge but I will have to add a little extension to the edge of the ProMax table to support my Incra Miter 1000.
OR.. I think I’ll move the ProMax to the Left of my saw blade.. That will take a bit of work though..
All in all.. I think it will be very serviceable…
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I am in the process of installing a ProMax on my Delta heavy duty shaper. I also had to drill some holes in the side of the shaper table to add side support rails. It is a very nice top. Are you going to use a router lift? I was going to get the Jessem lift but it looks like I will get the Bench Dog ProLift. Any comments or suggestions on what lift to use?
Life is what happens to you when you're making other plans .
Are you going to use a router lift?..
I have had table routers as long as I can remember.. Always shop built tables...
For some reason I never have got around to use a router lift....
I have went shopping for one several times then I see something else I like... Dang...
I guess I really do not mind cralling under and adjusting/changing the bit...
SOMEDAY though!
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By the way.. One reason I think I do not get one is it forces me to slow down and think about what I am doing.. I need all the help I can get.. LOL
Edited 5/29/2005 1:41 pm ET by Will George
"I just hope the casters on my ridgid hold up now with all the extra weight!" Please tell me you have support under the far right of the new table so it doesn't make the saw wing sag.
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
Please tell me you have support under the far right of the new table so it doesn't make the saw wing sag....
Not sure what you mean exactly...
However, all the Iron tables are bolted together with four bolts and each is attached to the front and back fence rail with two bolts....
I have put 1/2X3/4 mild steel bars at each corner (8 total) vertical to the main sheet metal chassis (saw base) to prevent any flex. And some triangle metal plates... A just in case thing.. I go overboard sometimes..
However, I did have my shop built table out on the far right end of the saw and went to move it.. The saw tipped over and the whole mess went down on my router! Dang..
I think I posted that here awhile back...
My router table is on the LEFT side of the blade... And the old iron table that the router table replaced is now on the right end.. Seems that the weight is better distributed that way..
Edited 5/29/2005 1:37 pm ET by Will George
Will, to quote: "The only drilling I had to do was a few holes in the original cast iron table so I could mount it on the right end of my saw." By "right" did you mean "correct" with correct being left?
Sounds like you covered any possible sag problem which would be created by having a heavy cast-iron router table hanging off of a saw wing.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)
Forrest...
By "right" did you mean "correct" with correct being left?
God love ya! LOL.. You are somethin! Ya got me again I see!
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